Will Lee

To say that Grammy Award-winning Will Lee has done it all in the music business would be quite an understatement. Will has lent his considerable talents to well over 1,800 Pop, Jazz and Rock albums (Ringo Starr, Ricky Martin, The Brecker Brothers, Burt Bacharach, Bee Gees, George Benson, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Luther Vandross, Mick Jagger, Cyndi Lauper, Barry Manilow, Miami Sound Machine, Buddy Rich, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Diana Ross, Grover Washington Jr., Cat Stevens, Vanessa Williams, Ryuchi Sakamoto, Kool & the Gang, Billy Joel, Barbara Streisand, Carly Simon, D'Angelo, Frank Sinatra, Mariah Carey, Pat Metheny, and Steely Dan, to name a few); has sung and played on an equal number of TV and radio commercials & movie soundtracks; and performed live with countless artists. Founding The Fab Faux reflects Will's lifelong love and respect for The Beatles' music; he says it best when he says, "They gave us all a wake up call.”

He has the distinction of having recorded and/or performed with all four Beatles, and with The CBS Orchestra has played in the house band at nearly all the Rock ‘n Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremonies. After 33 years playing on TV at the Ed Sullivan Theatre as the bassist with Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra on the wildly popular "Late Show with David Letterman" where you could hear him playing, singing every night, he is now enjoying a his new found freedom, or more to the point, his slightly heavier schedule, and so giving more time to record and play live with a whole array of artists and musicians. In between Fab Faux shows, Will has recently performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Monterey Jazz Festival with Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Peter Erskine & Vince Mendoza honoring Jaco Pastorius, live concerts with Lyle Lovett, The Bob Mintzer Big Band, The Akiko Yano Trio, Chad Smith & GE Smith power trio and David Garfield, along all his regular gigs with Paul Shaffer & The World’s Most Dangerous Band, Oz Noy, The Bluebirds of Paradise. Will currently serves as music director for Love Rocks NYC, Little Kids Rock, East Meets West Festival (Japan) and The Nearness Of You MDS research concerts, honoring Michael Brecker.

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